Thursday, 14 July 2011

21 June - Karijini NP

5 Days at Karijini NP, with spectacular gorges, bush walking, more mountain bike riding and swimming in water holes. Very cold at night (4 degrees) and no fires (thanks DEC!).

Dales Gorge Circulat Pool

Weano Gorge

Fortescue Falls

Dales Gorge Fern Tree Pool

Weano Gorge

Hancock Gorge

Hancock Gorge

Knox Gorge swimming hole (cold)

Kalamina Gorge

Foffre Gorge

Joffre Pool

End of Knox Gorge

Top of Tom Price Mt Nameless

18 June - Millstream NP

Travelled to Millstream NP via Pannawonica. Camped at Crossing pool with great canoying, mountain bike riding and bush-walking. Day trip to the top-end of Millstream at the Python Pool. The landscape at Python pools looks like Nevada.

Wild flowers in that region are amazing.


Mill Stream Pool (spings)

Lookout to Crossing Pool

Crossing Pool

Python Pool

Black Pool Hill

Fortescue River Sunset

13 June - Exmouth

Leaving Ningaloo station via Yardie's creek at mid-tide into the Cape Range Nat Park, the crossing is actually pretty easy. Diving with Whale Sharks and Manta Rays is awesome. Cape Range also includes the Shothole and Charles Knife gorges, totally underated sites that would equal the Grand Canyon on a mini scale in beauty and colour.






11 June - Yardie Creek

Finally able to get 3G coverage and update this Blog.

Day trip to Yardie Creek from Ningaloo Station, canoe up the creek.... beautiful.



Thursday, 16 June 2011

9 June- Carnarvom and Ningaloo Station

We leave Mt Agustus station to return to Carnarvon to restock on supply and move on to Ningaloo station. We're told Quoba is full and that the Gnarloo road is still closed. We were also told that Carnarvon is only good worth a supply stop and move on.... we get it now.

Ningaloo station is right on Ningaloo Reef just north of Coral Bay - a very rough track and totally self-sufficicent camping is perfect for us. Winds are gusting to 60km/h so very uncomfortable but a spectacular place all the same.






3 June - Mt Augustus NP

Rain has topped but a lot of tracks are still closed. Carnarvon is busy with a long weekend of racing so we decide to continue west to Mt Augustus, the largest free-standing rock in the world (??? really??).

700m vertical climb to the top but well worth the effort.







31 May - Kennedy Range NP

Looks like rain closed off most of the western roads, including the road north of Quoba Station. So we decided to head East to Kennedy Range NP park to the Tempe Gorge area. Bush camping at its almost best (NP - restricted campfires etc.) and a spectacular scenery.